Medium 6.0Published May 19, 2010

CVE-2010-1170The PL/Tcl implementation in PostgreSQL 7.4 before 7.4.29, 8.0 before 8.0.25, 8.1 before 8.1.21, 8.2 before 8.2.17, 8.3 before 8.3.11, 8.4 before 8.4.4, and 9.0 Beta before 9.0 Beta 2 loads Tcl code…

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The PL/Tcl implementation in PostgreSQL 7.4 before 7.4.29, 8.0 before 8.0.25, 8.1 before 8.1.21, 8.2 before 8.2.17, 8.3 before 8.3.11, 8.4 before 8.4.4, and 9.0 Beta before 9.0 Beta 2 loads Tcl code from the pltcl_modules table regardless of the table's ownership and permissions, which allows remote authenticated users, with database-creation privileges, to execute arbitrary Tcl code by creating this table and inserting a crafted Tcl script.

CVSS: 6.0 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

postgresql postgresql postgresql:postgresql	7.4; 7.4.1; 7.4.2; 7.4.3; 7.4.4; 7.4.5; 7.4.6; 7.4.7; and 102 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041559.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041579.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041591.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
http://osvdb.org/64757
http://secunia.com/advisories/39815
http://secunia.com/advisories/39820
http://secunia.com/advisories/39845	vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39898
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